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Patented Dec. 7, 1897.

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FREDERICK \V. LYNN, ()F NATIOK, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOWILLIAM E. ROLLINS, OF. SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 594,957, dated December'7, 1897.

' Application filed November 21, 1896. Serial No. 613,018., flIo model.)I

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK W. LYNN, a citizen. of the UnitedStates,re'siding at Natick, in the county of Middlesex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machinesfor Removing the Gore-Pieces from the Linings of 7 Shoes, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification, inexplaining its nature. 7

Congress shoes having elastic gore-pieces are generally during theirmanufacture provided with an inelastic lining which is stitched to theupper to cover the gores and by seams which extend parallel with theedges of the gores, and the lining thus stitched is then subjected to anoperation whereby the sections thereof which cover the gores are-removedin order that the said sections may not impede or interfere with theelasticity of the gores. These pieces so removed from the lining havegenerally been cut from it by scissors and is a slow operation.

My invention relates toa device or machine for cutting said lining uponthe line of the gore-seams and upon the presentation of the upperthereto.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a machine havingthe features of my invention, showing in dotted outline the manner ofpresenting the upper thereto. Fig.

2 is a view in vertical section thereof upon the dotted line 2 2 ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation of the interior of an upper,representing the lining as stitched thereto and covering the gore. Fig.4 is a view of the same part of the upper, showing the section of thelining which covers the gore as removed.

A represents the upper; a, the lining; b, one of the gores, and c c thevertical seams at each edge of the gore.

The office of the machine is to remove the part of the lining betweenthe seams 'c c and in line therewith to or very nearly to the seam 0 Themachine embraces a shaft D, mounted upon a suitable stand cl, adapted tobe attached to a table or bed and having a pulley d for the reception ofa driving-belt. This shaft extends outward from the stand a considerabledistance and carries at its outer end a cutting-disk d having a sharpcutting edge 01 this disk being removable from the end of the shaft.Upon the under side of the disk are the gages e a. They are parallelwith each other, are separated by the recess e which receives the edgeof the cutter, and they extend forward from the lower end of thesupporting-arm 6 the said arm extending backward and downward and beingattached to the stand 6?. The forward ends of the gages extend somewhatin advance of the cutting edge of the cutter, and each gage is made thinand of a depth to shield by their under surfaces 6 the upper fromcontact with the edge of the cutter and so form a cutterguard. Thecutter is also covered by a shield f, attached to the upper surface ofthe arm 6 and extending downward very nearly to the ends of the gages,there being between them an opening sufficient only for the passage ofthe lining onto the upper surfaces of the gages. By this constructionall danger of the upper coming in contact with the cutter and beingmutilated by unskilful manipulation on the part of the operator isobviated and the operator is protected from being out while at work.

In operation the upper is presented to the cutter with the lininguppermost, the gages being inserted into the opening between the liningand the gore and with one of the gages in contact with one of the seamsc c. The upper is then fed or moved forward, causing the gore to moveunder the gages and the lining to move over them and a cut to be formedupon the line of one of the scams 0 c and removed from it a distanceequal to the thicknessof the gage. After the cutter has made 7 a cut inthe lining upon the line of one seam the upper is removed or turned anda out upon the line of the other scam is then made and the upper isturned and a out upon the line of the seam 0 made, thereby completelysevering the said section of the lining.

It will be seen that the gages serve to protect the upper and gore frominjury and to act as a rest for the lining during the cutting operationand as gages for determining the line of the cut that the shield servesto cover more thicknesses of material one of the thicknesses or aportion thereof by means of a gage and guard or a guard alone introducedbetween the thicknesses and shielding the one or those not to be cutfrom the one which is cut and also acting as a rest for the one that iscut, all used in conjunction with the cutter.

It will be understood that the parts a e,

which I have termed gages, but which have not only the function of agage, but act as guides, protectors, supporters, and separators-guidesin that they guide the direction of the cut by means of the side seam,protectors in that they protect the thickness of the material which isnot to be cut from injury, supporters in that they support a part of thematerial upon which the cutter works, and separators in that theyseparate one thickness of the material from the other--may have a morecomprehensive term, and perhaps feet would be as comprehensive a term asany, and I would also say that while I have shown two feet for certainuses one will answer.

It will be seen that in the operation of the device the two thicknessesare separated by the foot or feet, the relation of the cut to a seam orany other line determined by the guide or gage, and that the outersurface or surfaces of the feet are shaped to permit the feeding ormovement of the uncut thickness, and that this is true whether theinvention is used to cut out from the uppers the goresections of liningsor for cutting from one of two thicknesses which are simultaneously fedto the cutting device and without injury to the other.

For the purpose of convenience the feet are shown upon the under side ofthe cutter, but they may be upon the upper or any other side thereof.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secureby Letters-Patent of the United States- 1. In a cloth-cutting machine,the combination with a supporting base or standard, of a cutter mountedtherein, and a thin or narrow separating-foot and cutter-guard having anunobstructed space beneath it and being thus adapted to be insertedbetween two thicknesses of material so as to determine the position ofthe cut in the thickness to be severed and prevent injury to the otherthick- '-ness from the cutter.

2. In a cloth-cutting machine, the combination with a supporting base orstandard, of a cutter mounted therein, and a thin or narrowseparating-foot and cutter-guard, said foot or guard having an extensionbeyond the cutting edge of said cutter, said foot or guard having anunobstructed space beneath it and being thus adapted to be insertedbetween two thicknesses of material so as to determine the position ofthe out in the thickness to be severed and prevent injury to the otherthickness from the cutter.

. 3. In a machine for cutting gore-pieces from shoe-linings, thecombination with a suitable base, of a rotary cutter mounted therein,and a foot consisting of the two members e, e, disposed on either sideof said rotary cutter so as that they lap the same and guard the edgethereof, said members 6, e having ends which project beyond the edge ofsaid rotary cutter and being formed thin or narrow so as to permit thelining to be severed close to the gore-seam and the cutter to be guidedby said scam, the lower surfaces of the said foot members beingunobstructed; whereby a thickness of material fed upon one surface ofthe said foot members is adapted to be out while the thickness upon theother surface may be fed without being cut and without obstruction.

4. In a machine for cutting gore-pieces from the lining of shoes, thecombination with a supporting base or standard, of a cutter mountedtherein, one or more thin or narrow feet extending both above and belowthe severing edge of the cutter and in close proximity to the same, soas to permit trimming action by said cutter close to a gore-seam, saidfeet projecting beyond the cutting edge of the cutter and a shield, asf, in front of said cutter and closely adjacent to the projecting endsof said feet so as to, permit not only the feeding of one of twothicknesses of material to the cutter and guard the other thickness frommutilation but also to protect the operatorfrom injury.

' FREDERICK IV. LYNN.

In presence of- JAMES E. LYNN, FRANK J. BLANEY.

